10-10-2011, 12:00 PM | #1 |
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Covers don't show in file!
I will try and describe this as best I can, can't remember ever having this problem before.
I have added some files to Calibre that had 'home made' covers. I have been through each file and changed the metadata to show the original book cover which it does nicely in Calibre, however, still in Calibre, if I open the individual book file to read, the old original home made cover is still there and has not been replaced by the one showing in Calibre if you see what I mean What am I missing, I assume I am just having yet another senior moment |
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10-14-2011, 04:24 PM | #3 |
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Such a simple but (to me) obscure fix, worked excellently, many thanks.
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10-14-2011, 05:56 PM | #4 | |
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Now I find that when I update the cover in calibre (epub file) if I save the file to a folder the old cover is still there and the only way to replace it is forcing before an epub-to-epub conversion. I find this behaviour a step back from the previous and would like to know if there is any chance to get calibre to update cover on save as it worked on 0.7 land. |
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10-14-2011, 07:32 PM | #5 | |
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I would open up a bug report. In the mean time use the Connect to folder feature to save books to a folder on your disk and the covers will be updated because you use Send to device to transfer books to disk using the Connect to folder feature. |
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10-14-2011, 08:23 PM | #6 |
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Saving to disk and sending to device both use the exact same code to update covers. I tried a save to disk on an epub with a well defined cover (a calibre news download) and it worked.
When sending to some devices, covers are uploaded as separate files (SONY devices and Kobos) which is probably why you think the send to device worked. |
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Later tonight I will perform multiple experiments and most likely I will see what you describe. If my experiments confirm the one example I'll let you know. |
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calibre 0.8.22 I had a chance to check out the cover updating of Save to disk versus Send to device. I added new covers to 3 books in calibre. I then saved 3 books to disk (one at a time) in a test folder. I also created a folder and used the Connect to folder feature and used Send to device to send the same 3 books (one at a time) to the device folder. The covers in the epubs in the Save to disk folder were not updated with the new covers even though I had the Update metadata in saved copies checked under Preferences - Saving books to disk. The covers in the epubs in the Send to device folder were updated with the new cover. There is definitely a difference between the two. So what is the difference between what you did and what I did? Last edited by DoctorOhh; 10-17-2011 at 06:27 PM. |
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10-15-2011, 01:59 AM | #9 |
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Run calibre in debug mode and post the log after doing a save to disk.
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10-15-2011, 07:51 AM | #10 | |
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Here is a restart in debug where I just saved 2 books to disk and exited. Spoiler:
The dark red area was saving books, the other jobs were connecting to folders. Spoiler:
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10-15-2011, 12:06 PM | #11 |
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Nothing in those logs. I can't think of any reason using calibre portableshould make a difference. Can you attach one of the epubs you noticed this with. Or alternatively try it with a calibre news download.
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10-15-2011, 12:31 PM | #12 |
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Same results with a fresh news download. Save to disk didn't update the cover, send to device did update the cover. At least my setup is rock solid consistent. If it is just me, no worries I'm just trying to help localize the problem the OP was having.
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10-15-2011, 09:18 PM | #13 |
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Ah, I am able to reproduce it with the save to disk output epub you attached, now to figure out why it is happening.
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10-15-2011, 09:55 PM | #14 |
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Fix will be in next release.
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